Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “decrease” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
decrease	11	3	657	(None)
decease	10	4	952	1	dec_ease
decreased	13	4	546	1	decreased
decreases	12	3	723	1	decreases
degrease	10	4	541	1	degrease
crease	8	55	1957	2	__crease
deceased	12	4	772	2	dec_eased
deceases	11	4	1015	2	dec_eases
decree	9	31	1778	2	decre__e
decrees	10	25	1312	2	decrees_
degreased	12	4	472	2	degreased
degreaser	11	4	433	2	degreaser
degreases	11	4	615	2	degreases
increase	10	6	645	2	increase
precrease	13	4	523	2	precrease
recreate	10	3	1360	2	recreate

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.390	35710.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.796	47073.5